Splinter protesters storm Abuja fountain

Splinter Bring Back Our Girls group, Grand Alliance Against Terrorism (GAAT), yesterday stormed the Unity fountain where the Dr. Oby Ezekwesili-led group has been observing a daily sit-out for weeks.

While the Ezekwesili’s group believes the government is not doing enough to rescue the abducted girls, the splinter group demanded for non-exploitation of the tragedy for partisan causes.

The group, spotting white T-shirts and numbering over two hundred, alleged that the prior protests have been hijacked by political activists.

The protests, it said, neither encourage the government nor motivate security agencies to win the war against terror.

Speaking at the rally yesterday, the co-convener, Priscilla Achakpa, said that the group’s struggle is beyond bringing back the abducted girls but mobilising Nigerians against terror.

She said: “We are proud about Nigerian patriots who care deeply about the image of our country, the integrity of our nation and the humanity of the Nigerian person.

“We are not political activits who want to exploit a national tragedy to further a narrow, partisan cause.”

“We would rather pray for our leaders, support our government and encourage our security agencies as best as we could to win the war against terror.”

Continuing, she said: “Our struggle is to ensure that our girls come back home and also contribute to the peace and stability of our dear country, Nigeria.

“With God on our side, the journey may be long and difficult but we shall overcome terror in our land.”

Some of the placards the protesters carried yesterday bore inscriptions such as: ‘This House Must not Fall’, ‘God Bless Nigerian Armed Forces’, ‘We need peace in Nigeria, say no to terrorism’, ‘Thank you Nigerian Armed Forces’, ‘I support my country’ and ‘Thank you Nigeria Police’.

11 thoughts on “Splinter protesters storm Abuja fountain”

Nigerians are seeing beyond the deceit and misguided protests led by Oby Ezekwesili to further a personal agenda. When the group should be in Chibok assisting the parents of the girls while the security forces are allowed some space to do their job, they are in Abuja serving their selfish ends. If the protests was to draw attention to the matter, the whole world is already aware and it has outlived its usefulness. What is required now in Nigeria is a calm environment and united support for our military to do their job. Oby Ezekwesili remained in a corrupt regime of Obj, when the likes of Okonjo Iweala resigned honorably due to the colossal corruption in that Government. Oby is now jobless and has suddenly turned an activist to gain some attention for political consideration.

the summary is oby ezekwesili is looking for a new job the wrong way, after she was booted by the world bank for incompetency. obasanjo handed her the world bank job despite the fact the she is ordinary an empty loud mouth with a fair control of spoken English language. my take is that oby ezekwesili is inept at any given career she had undertaken, but style is she is an outspoken rouge.

there is no deceit my friend.instead you are the one that wants to deceive Nigerians.you judge everybody by your own standards.,because they are paying you to discredit another person you think she is also being paid to do what she is doing.she is a courageous woman and I am proud to be an Igbo woman in a generation that produced her. You cannot even use your name because you know you are just a paid trumpeter.

there is no deceit my friend.instead you are the one that wants to deceive Nigerians.you judge everybody by your own standards.,because they are paying you to discredit another person you think she is also being paid to do what she is doing.she is a courageous woman and I am proud to be an Igbo woman in a generation that produced her. You cannot even use your name because you know you are just a paid trumpeter.

Obey Ezekwesili has become an embodiment of embarrassment to Igbo nation. I petty her whenever I see her dancing along the streets like a masquerade in the name of #brig back our girls’ Ever since Igbos were being slaughtered like chickens in all parts northern Nigeria in the name of religion andBoko-Haram, oby has never shown any sign of concern. Of recent Boko Ha ram elements targeted Christian dominated cities of Sabongeri and Nassarawa LGA of Kano state and Plateau state, throwing bombs here and there killing Igbos in thousands , oby turned blind eyes to that. Is the kidnapped Chibok girls more important than thousands of innocent people being killed on daily basis? In Anambra State innocent people are being kidnapped on daily basis and oby is never concerned. She has now become a political activist simply because she wants political appointment by apc if the party wins in 2015. Today northern muslims want to Islamise Nigerians. Oby is keeping quite. If she wants to become a Muslim she is free to do so and leave us alone. Shameless oby, you will live to regret all your treacherous actions.
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oby Ezekwesili can never be an embarrassment to Ibo people. instead its the likes of you that see the truth and turn its head upside down that has turned Igbo people to the become the laughing stock of Nigerian politics. they neither stand for truth nor for honour!! shame on you.

oby Ezekwesili can never be an embarrassment to Ibo people. instead its the likes of you that see the truth and turn its head upside down that has turned Igbo people to the become the laughing stock of Nigerian politics. they neither stand for truth nor for honour!! shame on you.

Obiajulu Ezekwesili: what a way to kill a promising dream.
You are getting a-bit excited about Nigerian politics.
They (APC) have misled you finally. Bad promise, bad venture, bad emotion without wisdom. I thought she was smart. Empty dream.
What a waisted dream.

The rented crowd is now a permanent feature of Nigeria’s statecraft. Going by government’s response to the real protesters last week one would expect them to send their motley crowd of hungry protesters and spin doctors to Sambissa forest in order to carry their protest to Shekau and co, The pay should be worth their while. That is what I call leading by example.

the interesting thing is that we all complain that good people don’t join politics but when they do ,we kill their dream.but I am not afraid that the likes of Oby Ezekwesili will not join politics in Nigeria, because she knows and understand this method of intimidation .besides we have tried the other type of people,and it has not paid off.
mrs Ezekwesili,,this is your country, do not let this daily paid protesters deter you and your group.you know the real Nigerians and you recognize their voice. this is not their voice. anybody who should speak for Nigeria know your antiscedent in govt. so you do not need to defend yourself .just stay focused and we will be with you all the way until the govt #bringbackourgirls

the interesting thing is that we all complain that good people don’t join politics but when they do ,we kill their dream.but I am not afraid that the likes of Oby Ezekwesili will not join politics in Nigeria, because she knows and understand this method of intimidation .besides we have tried the other type of people,and it has not paid off.
mrs Ezekwesili,,this is your country, do not let this daily paid protesters deter you and your group.you know the real Nigerians and you recognize their voice. this is not their voice. anybody who should speak for Nigeria know your antiscedent in govt. so you do not need to defend yourself .just stay focused and we will be with you all the way until the govt #bringbackourgirls